Suspect Held In New Year’s Death – All Otsego

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POLICE: MAN, 25, CONFESSED

Suspect Held In

New Year's Death

Joshua Underwood

ONEONTA – A 25-year-old Oneonta man called police and confessed to killing his friend in the early morning hours of New Year's Day, Oneonta Police report.

At 3:30 a.m. today, officers met Joshua P. Underwood at the Mirabito on Southside after Underwood called 911 and said, "I think I killed my friend," the OPD reports.

Underwood was taken to the station.   Officers were sent to 229 Main St. where they report finding a 52-year-old male dead from "blunt force trauma."

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